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Medium: Stone
Cscape #52
Located in Rye, NY
A few years ago I began developing high relief wall mounted sculptures, a departure from my longstanding practice of figures and heads sculpted in clay. I was seeking some of the sp...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Cscape #28
Located in Rye, NY
The title, Cscape, is a contraction of “cultural landscape” which is how I think of these works. This piece was one of the first exhibitable examples of a sculptural process I develo...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Shared Spaces Study #1
Located in Rye, NY
Hydrocal blend, ground Carrara marble (wall-hung)
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Passage 23
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 22
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 21
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 20
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 19
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 18
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 17
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 16
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 15
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 14
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 13
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 12
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 11
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 10
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 8
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 7
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 6
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 5
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 4
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 2
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Passage 1
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and understated, the beauty of calligraphic scripts has resonated across cultures and time. Elizabeth Turk: Written in Stone marks the change caused by technological communic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Tu y Yo
Located in Miami, FL
VMA-012, 2015 Edition / Talla directa sobre marmol blanco de Carrara 36 x 16 x 10,5 cm 14.1 x 6.2 x 41.3 in. The "Tu y Yo" (You and Me) series is based on complementary opposites and contain revealing elements of male and female symbology. As a tribute to his teacher Jesús Soto he introduces direct references to the work of the kinetics in hatched backgrounds of lines to produce the optical vibrations characteristic of that movement. JORGE SALAS...
Category

2010s Constructivist Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Volumen VPC-038
Located in Miami, FL
Volumen VPC-038, 1970 Unique Piece Direct carving on Cumarebo stone 40 x 32 x 20 cm 15.7 x 12.5 x 7.8 in ABOUT THE ARTIST Narváez was born in Porlamar, Venezuela, in 1905; he was the fifth son of eleven siblings; his parents were Jose Lorenzo Narváez and Vicenta Rivera. Don José Lorenzo, a multifaceted and creative man, sowed the seed of creativity in his son. “My father did not fit in with his fantasies of cabinetmaker, bricklayer, master builder, and self-taught architect.”1 From an early age, Francis was led to the artistic activity, he traced, carved, made replicas of the furniture and the saints restored by his father. In 1920 he obtained his first professional assignment, a San Rafael for the Church of Carupano, and, in 1922, his father authorized him to travel to Caracas to pursue his studies as an artist. He studied at the atelier of Marcos Castillo, at of the Angel Cabre y Magriña and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he was introduced to the painters and intellectuals of the time. In 1928 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Club Venezuela. With the money raised from the sale of the works and the support of Monsignor Sosa, and the Ministers Centeno Grau and Arcaya, he studied in Paris on a scholarship. Once there, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where Tito Salas, Cristóbal Rojas and Arturo Michelena had also studied. It was in Paris where, unable to work in wood, he turned to stone carving. “In Paris, I didn’t have wood, so I carved a lot in stone (…), when there were demolitions I purchased chunks of stone, I would take them to the workshop and carve them.”2 His first attempts at volumetric sculptures and painting in plain colours, linked to the thematic of American miscegenation and Creole reality, can be traced back to that first trip to Paris. During his stay in the French city, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Alfredo Boulton, and Finita Vallenilla supported the artist both financially and logistically, and in February of 1930, the trio of friends arranged another exhibition for him at the Club Venezuela. Narváez describes his exhibition as follows: “(…) in it I feel that the sculptural work is more my own, done with more assurance, a response to my pursuit of large planes, stylisation and synthesis.”3 By then, as Boulton himself noted in his book about the artist, Narvaez departed from most of the artistic traditions that prevailed by that time in Venezuela. In 1931 he returned to Caracas and established his atelier at the Barrio Obrero in Catia. The atelier became the hub of the intellectual life of the time. “In those years, the atelier of Francisco Narváez was the hub of the greatest Venezuelan hope. Nothing comparable to it can be found either before or since.”4 From that year onwards, exhibitions, projects, trips, and awards we multiplied. He was awarded the President of the Republic of Venezuela Prize, the National Sculpture Prize of the 1st Official Venezuelan Art Salon, and the John Boulton Prize of the 3rd Annual Venezuelan Art Salon; for the Military Academy, he produced a spectacular relief entitled La Patria. In 1945, commissioned by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, he produced two groups of sculptures known as Las Toninas, both located in the O’Leary Square. There, as he himself states, he incorporates some baroque patterns into the figures to the source itself: “It is a work of balance between the decorative requirements and the sculpture of planes and angles.”5 In 1948 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. In the same year, he was called upon by the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva to participate in the project for the arts integration in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Francisco Narváez’s public output continued with works such as the statue of Fermín Toro, La Educación, La Ciencia, three murals (produced by María Luisa Tovar) for the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, El Cristo; el Atleta, the equestrian statue of General Rafael Urdaneta. In 1953 he was appointed Director of the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, and in July of the same year, he exhibited “Francisco Narváez, Maderas, Piedras y Bronces” (Francisco Narváez, Woods, Stones and Bronzes) at the Museum of Fine Arts. Narváez is, unquestionably, one of the great Venezuelan sculptors, his work goes through various stages and interests; as the art world evolves, the artist does not remain in his initial scopes of work. His creations are not imposed by the prevailing trends or fashion but do evolve by experimenting with new materials and interests. When one peruses the artist’s lengthy list of exhibitions, commissions, and awards, it is worth remembering the Narvaez who embark on his career as a child and who, overcoming obstacles, knew how to make the most of his curiosity. He did not settle for living off his successes. He did not remain stagnant as many creators of his environment did. Narvaez managed to understand the changes in the history of art around him. We must not overlook the fact that Francisco Narvaez is an artist amid all the changes occurring in the art world. He moves from the classics to the great transformations in the art world. It is the Europe of Picasso, Braque, Arp. He observes, he is aware of what is happening in the centres of the world of art, but between his craft and his sensitivity, the result is NARVAEZ, his stamp, and his identity. Francisco Narváez comes from tradition, and his first stage is linked to the classics, to the exploration of his heritage, but always with his very own language. Throughout his prolific career, he knew how to remain true to himself, without disregarding the influences of his surroundings or his artistic interests: his ability as a sculptor, his selection of materials, whether they were wood, stone or bronze; his choice of the subject of his work…His mastery and great craftsmanship are a constant that over time have made him a leading player in the history of contemporary Venezuelan and world art. From his beginnings, no subject was foreign to him. His paintings, drawings, aquarelles, and sketches are testimony to his prolific output. Among his themes are portraits, our traditions, still lifes, and landscapes. Narváez is an artist who represents his time. Later, he evolved towards purer and simpler forms, abandoning figurative art for short periods. In 1956 he declared to the newspaper El Nacional: “Every day I am freeing myself, it is a soul that frees itself from the ephemeral wrappings of the circumstantial always, as well as from the inevitable weight of the anecdote. This second stage of my work is remarkably close to abstractionism, even if there are still certain figures or figurations in the sculptures that I will shortly be showing. However, pure, and absolute abstractionism, it will treat the form itself as the sole reason for its existence on the plane of artistic excellence.”6 The artistic development was his professional life. Each period of his life as an artist, he went one step further, searching, solving, seeing plenty of things and understanding how diverse expressions were transforming themselves. His hands followed his gaze and his mind, always inquisitive. He added movement to the volumes. Arturo Uslar Pietri, “Formas Nuevas”, Cromotip editions, 1956 “Francisco Narváez is a path: the path that Venezuelan sculpture...
Category

1970s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Volumen VPC-062
Located in Miami, FL
Volumen VPC-062, 1972 Unique Piece Direct carving on Cumarebo stone 67 x 38 x 20 cm 26.3 x 14.9 x 7.8 in. ABOUT THE ARTIST Narváez was born in Porlamar, Venezuela, in 1905; he was the fifth son of eleven siblings; his parents were Jose Lorenzo Narváez and Vicenta Rivera. Don José Lorenzo, a multifaceted and creative man, sowed the seed of creativity in his son. “My father did not fit in with his fantasies of cabinetmaker, bricklayer, master builder, and self-taught architect.”1 From an early age, Francis was led to the artistic activity, he traced, carved, made replicas of the furniture and the saints restored by his father. In 1920 he obtained his first professional assignment, a San Rafael for the Church of Carupano, and, in 1922, his father authorized him to travel to Caracas to pursue his studies as an artist. He studied at the atelier of Marcos Castillo, at of the Angel Cabre y Magriña and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he was introduced to the painters and intellectuals of the time. In 1928 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Club Venezuela. With the money raised from the sale of the works and the support of Monsignor Sosa, and the Ministers Centeno Grau and Arcaya, he studied in Paris on a scholarship. Once there, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where Tito Salas, Cristóbal Rojas and Arturo Michelena had also studied. It was in Paris where, unable to work in wood, he turned to stone carving. “In Paris, I didn’t have wood, so I carved a lot in stone (…), when there were demolitions I purchased chunks of stone, I would take them to the workshop and carve them.”2 His first attempts at volumetric sculptures and painting in plain colours, linked to the thematic of American miscegenation and Creole reality, can be traced back to that first trip to Paris. During his stay in the French city, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Alfredo Boulton, and Finita Vallenilla supported the artist both financially and logistically, and in February of 1930, the trio of friends arranged another exhibition for him at the Club Venezuela. Narváez describes his exhibition as follows: “(…) in it I feel that the sculptural work is more my own, done with more assurance, a response to my pursuit of large planes, stylisation and synthesis.”3 By then, as Boulton himself noted in his book about the artist, Narvaez departed from most of the artistic traditions that prevailed by that time in Venezuela. In 1931 he returned to Caracas and established his atelier at the Barrio Obrero in Catia. The atelier became the hub of the intellectual life of the time. “In those years, the atelier of Francisco Narváez was the hub of the greatest Venezuelan hope. Nothing comparable to it can be found either before or since.”4 From that year onwards, exhibitions, projects, trips, and awards we multiplied. He was awarded the President of the Republic of Venezuela Prize, the National Sculpture Prize of the 1st Official Venezuelan Art Salon, and the John Boulton Prize of the 3rd Annual Venezuelan Art Salon; for the Military Academy, he produced a spectacular relief entitled La Patria. In 1945, commissioned by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, he produced two groups of sculptures known as Las Toninas, both located in the O’Leary Square. There, as he himself states, he incorporates some baroque patterns into the figures to the source itself: “It is a work of balance between the decorative requirements and the sculpture of planes and angles.”5 In 1948 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. In the same year, he was called upon by the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva to participate in the project for the arts integration in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Francisco Narváez’s public output continued with works such as the statue of Fermín Toro, La Educación, La Ciencia, three murals (produced by María Luisa Tovar) for the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, El Cristo; el Atleta, the equestrian statue of General Rafael Urdaneta. In 1953 he was appointed Director of the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, and in July of the same year, he exhibited “Francisco Narváez, Maderas, Piedras y Bronces” (Francisco Narváez, Woods, Stones and Bronzes) at the Museum of Fine Arts. Narváez is, unquestionably, one of the great Venezuelan sculptors, his work goes through various stages and interests; as the art world evolves, the artist does not remain in his initial scopes of work. His creations are not imposed by the prevailing trends or fashion but do evolve by experimenting with new materials and interests. When one peruses the artist’s lengthy list of exhibitions, commissions, and awards, it is worth remembering the Narvaez who embark on his career as a child and who, overcoming obstacles, knew how to make the most of his curiosity. He did not settle for living off his successes. He did not remain stagnant as many creators of his environment did. Narvaez managed to understand the changes in the history of art around him. We must not overlook the fact that Francisco Narvaez is an artist amid all the changes occurring in the art world. He moves from the classics to the great transformations in the art world. It is the Europe of Picasso, Braque, Arp. He observes, he is aware of what is happening in the centres of the world of art, but between his craft and his sensitivity, the result is NARVAEZ, his stamp, and his identity. Francisco Narváez comes from tradition, and his first stage is linked to the classics, to the exploration of his heritage, but always with his very own language. Throughout his prolific career, he knew how to remain true to himself, without disregarding the influences of his surroundings or his artistic interests: his ability as a sculptor, his selection of materials, whether they were wood, stone or bronze; his choice of the subject of his work…His mastery and great craftsmanship are a constant that over time have made him a leading player in the history of contemporary Venezuelan and world art. From his beginnings, no subject was foreign to him. His paintings, drawings, aquarelles, and sketches are testimony to his prolific output. Among his themes are portraits, our traditions, still lifes, and landscapes. Narváez is an artist who represents his time. Later, he evolved towards purer and simpler forms, abandoning figurative art for short periods. In 1956 he declared to the newspaper El Nacional: “Every day I am freeing myself, it is a soul that frees itself from the ephemeral wrappings of the circumstantial always, as well as from the inevitable weight of the anecdote. This second stage of my work is remarkably close to abstractionism, even if there are still certain figures or figurations in the sculptures that I will shortly be showing. However, pure, and absolute abstractionism, it will treat the form itself as the sole reason for its existence on the plane of artistic excellence.”6 The artistic development was his professional life. Each period of his life as an artist, he went one step further, searching, solving, seeing plenty of things and understanding how diverse expressions were transforming themselves. His hands followed his gaze and his mind, always inquisitive. He added movement to the volumes. Arturo Uslar Pietri, “Formas Nuevas”, Cromotip editions, 1956 “Francisco Narváez is a path: the path that Venezuelan sculpture...
Category

1970s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Maquette No. 1
Located in New York, NY
Lika Mutal is a Dutch-Peruvian sculptor, who worked on diverse stones and material from Peru, inspired on Pre-Columbian art.
Category

1980s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Granite

$ 2 from New Zealand (White)
Located in New York, NY
Houben R.T is an Avant-garde painter and draftsman with his own unmistakable voice. Houben was born in Bulgaria and graduated with a degree in painting from the Conservative Art Acad...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Limestone, Bluestone

$ 2 from New Zealand (Bronze)
Located in New York, NY
Houben R.T is an Avant-garde painter and draftsman with his own unmistakable voice. Houben was born in Bulgaria and graduated with a degree in painting from the Conservative Art Acad...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Limestone, Bluestone

$ 2 from New Zealand (Black)
Located in New York, NY
Houben R.T is an Avant-garde painter and draftsman with his own unmistakable voice. Houben was born in Bulgaria and graduated with a degree in painting from the Conservative Art Acad...
Category

2010s Stone Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Limestone, Bluestone

Red Tree on a Stand
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on a cement pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal, giving the sculpture ...
Category

2010s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Limestone Buddha Head, 6th-Century Qi Dynasty
Located in New Orleans, LA
This limestone bust of the Buddha presents a picture of serenity and grace. A rare and striking image, it was sculpted in 6th-century Northern China during the Qi dynasty...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Stone Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

The Dream
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ignacio Gana The Dream Signed and numbered by artist Bronze on granite base 7 x 15 x 15 inches, Edition of 10 This piece is currently on display at Art Angels in Los Angeles.
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Big Love (Chrome)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rainer Lagemann Big Love (Chrome) Signed and numbered on certificate of authenticity Stainless steel welded sculpture, wall or ceiling mounted with marble bas...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Stainless Steel

"Upolo" abstract stone sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Resolutely abstract, but with a definite biomorphic energy. The sculpture was carved out of white Carrara marble with delicate gray veining and polished to a highly tactile smoothnes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Haza'el
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vaadia says of his work, “By using the natural forces of rocks, my work awakens ancient ‘earth senses’ that were slowly abandoned by man during his evolution to civilization. By carv...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Bluestone, Bronze

A Soul Consoled, Sculpture, by Khang Pham-New, Marble, White, Mother, Child
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A Soul Consoled, Sculpture, by Khang Pham-New, Marble, White, Mother, Child "My childhood experiences growing up in Vietnam have paradoxically become a driving force in my artistic creations. I am impassioned with biomorphic abstract forms. As an artist, I am aware of and respect the art movements of my time, but to create, I remove myself from the influences of this time and retreat into a private space where I can experiment and explore the possibilities of each phase of my inner life." - Khang Pham-New Khang Pham was born in war-torn South Vietnam...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

"Salient I" abstract marble sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Richard Erdman's abstract sculpture "Salient I" is carved from gorgeous white Carrara marble from Italy. Made with companion piece "Salient II" (not shown here -- available in separa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

"Ascension (red reamer)", Abstract Outdoor Sculpture, Stone, Metal, Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Ascension (red reamer)" by John Van Alstine Granite, red pigmented and sealed steel The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel

Rare "Dickhead" Robert Longo Bronze Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Very rare cast. (edition of 1 or 2) This work was featured in an article "The Appropriation of Marginal Art in the 1980s Author: Donald Kuspit Source: American Art, Vol. 5, No. 1/2 (Winter - Spring, 1991), pp. 132-141 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This appears to be modeled after a figure by HR Giger. it was cast by Polich Tallix Foundry. Born in Brooklyn, 1953 Robert Longo became synonymous with American pictorial art during the 80s, his ambitious large-scale works seemingly synchronized with the booming economy and boisterous values of the Reagan era. In 1974, whilst studying at State University College, Buffalo, Longo co-founded Hallwalls. As a studio and exhibition space for contemporary art, Hallwalls was the precursor of Longo's ongoing concern for utilizing art's multi-disciplinary potential. His partner in this venture was Cindy ShermanAfter graduation Longo showed in 1979 at The Kitchen, a downtown space which encouraged artistic experimentation and collaboration. In the following year, he had his first one-person exhibition in Europe, at Studio d'Arte Cannaviello in Milan. Since then, Longo has shown continuously in Europe and America. However, it was his first solo exhibition at Metro Pictures, New York, in 1981 that brought him international critical acclaim. This installation of Men in the Cities presented his charcoal, graphite and dye studies of office workersThis interruption of a smooth linear reading, notably used in Dada and Surrealist collage, undermines assumptions, whether they be cultural, social or political. In 'Men in the Cities' Longo cuts anonymous people from their environments, then splices their portraits in amongst blocks of buildings. The association is made between the private and the corporate, the human and the industrial, the fragile and the impervious. Engagement with the social and political can be seen in Longo's work throughout the 80s, setting him apart from fellow artists David Salle and Julian Schnabel. Following a major retrospective at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1989, Longo began to focus on single themes, rather than montages of associations. Furthermore, he moved to Paris the following year. The 'Black Flag' series resulted from this change in direction, and location. Taking the Stars and Stripes as his subject, Longo re-worked the treatment of the spangled banner by Pop artist Jasper Johns. J Longo is a multi talented artist who works equally successfully in a variety of media. He is equally well known as a sculptor and film director as he is as a draftsman/painter, and like the best of the contemporary film directors, his aim is to seduce, elucidate, transform, and instruct. SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Art Institute of Chicago, USA Guggenheim Museum, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada Museum of Modern Art, New York Saatchi Collection, London Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tate Gallery, London Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthalle Tubingen, Germany, 1997 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1997 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 1997 'Robert Longo: Kreuze', Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 1996 'Robert Longo: A Retrospective', The Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1995 'Robert Longo: A Retrospective', Ashikaga City Museum, Kirin Plaza Art Space, Osaka, Japan, 1995 'Faith in Zero' Project: Galerie Daniel Templon, Galerie Antoine Candau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, A.B. Galleries, Galerie Gordon Pym et Fils, Paris, France, 1991 'Black Flags', Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1990 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1989 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA, 1989 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA, 1989 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, USA, 1986 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA, 1986 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, 1986 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1985 Metro Pictures, New York, 1981 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS La Biennale di Venezia: XLVII Esposizioione Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, 1997 'Views From Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 3', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1997 'Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing', The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992 'A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation', The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 1989 'Documenta 8', Kassel, Germany, 1987 L?epoque, La Mode, La Morale, La Passion, 1977 - 1987', Mus'e National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 1987 "New York '85" (with Jasper Johns, Elsworth Kelly...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Stone Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

"Spinning to Sagittarius" kinetic sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This stunning kinetic sculpture is made of welded, powdercoated, and painted steel in white and gradient shades of metallic pink, spiraling at the top of a tall pole. The colorful top section is counterbalanced by a brake drum and concrete cone that moves inside of a steel cage over an embedded base made of cast iron antique man-hole covers. It catches even the slightest breeze for near-constant movement! Please watch the video to see the incredible wind-powered kinetic in action. Jeff Glode...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel, Iron

Dream Machine, Silver Chrome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rubem Robierb Dream Machine, 2017 31 x 15 x 9 in. (78.7 x 38.1 x 22.9 cm.) Sculpture, Solid bronze dipped in silver chrome Edition of 9 Currently on dis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Gold, Silver

Dream Machine, Gold Chrome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rubem Robierb Dream Machine, Gold Chrome Resin sculpture dipped in Gold Chrome Pigment with concrete base 29.25 x 43 x 8.75 inches Edition of 8 Signed an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Gold

Dream Machine, Bronze Chrome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rubem Robierb Dream Machine, Bronze Chrome 29.25 x 43 x 8.75 inches, Edition of 8 Resin sculpture dipped in Gold Chrome Pigment with concrete base Signed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Gold

Felipe Castañeda, Desnudo, 1984, Marble, 52 x 32 x 35 cm, 20.4 x 12.5 x 13.7 in
Located in Miami, FL
Felipe Castañeda Desnudo, 1984 Marble 52 x 32 x 35 cm 20.4 x 12.5 x 13.7 in. Felipe Castañeda (Mexican, b.1933) began his artistic career working at...
Category

1980s Post-War Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Felipe Castañeda, Mujer con Flores, 1982, Black Marble, 20.4 x 12.5 x 13.7 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Felipe Castañeda Mujer con Flores, 1982 Black Marble 52 x 32 x 35 cm 20.4 x 12.5 x 13.7 in. Felipe Castañeda (Mexican, b.1933) began his artistic ca...
Category

1890s Post-War Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Dusty Rose Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Dusty Rose Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, she...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Whitewashed Sage (2022), gray white concrete face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Whitewashed Sage (2022), gray and white concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shelf sculpture or tabletop s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Marbled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shel...
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2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Speckled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Speckled Sage (2022), gray concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire, earthy Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, she...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Red Clay Sage (2022), terracotta concrete abstract face sculpture, metal wire
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall sculpture, shelf sculpture or tabletop sculpture. Abstracted face sculpture made with concrete, pigment and wire. The piece is smoot...
Category

2010s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Wire with Golden Arms (2020), abstract sculpture, concrete, wire, copper, gold
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall or tabletop sculpture. Abstract wire form with corrugated concrete form. The piece is smooth and rough, with gold pigmented concrete...
Category

2010s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire, Copper

Dancing Wire Form (2022), terracotta concrete abstract sculpture, metal wire
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Biomorphic and earthy yet industrial style wall or tabletop sculpture. Abstract wire form with corrugated hydrocal plaster form. The piece is smooth and...
Category

2010s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Wire

Shared Dreams, stone, sculpture, by Allan Houser, Texas steatite, mother, child
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Shared Dreams, stone, sculpture, by Allan Houser, Texas steatite, mother, child signed by the artist at the base of the child's blanket Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 191...
Category

1980s Contemporary Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"INNER VIEW VII" Organic, Abstract Marble Sculpture by Caroline Ramersdorfer
Located in New York, NY
"INNER VIEW VII" by Caroline Ramersdorfer Seven layered, marble slabs on a steel pedestal (each slab measures 12" x 12" x .75") Ramersdorfer carves slabs of marble to reveal complex...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble, Steel

Pedro Barreto, Esfera, Marble, ø 25.6 in. ø 65 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Pedro Barreto Esfera, Undated Marble ø 25.6 in. ø 65 cm (Depth 5.9 in. 15 cm) Base: 7.9 x 7.9 x 9.8 in. 20 x 20 x 25 cm Pedro Barreto (b. Santa Catalina, Venezuela, 1935; d. Lechería, Venezuela, 2008) His first experiences as a sculptor were with wood, influenced by his place of birth in the Orinoco River delta. Between 1954 and 1958, he studies at the Plastic and Applied Arts School of Caracas. In 1957, his first one-man exhibition took place in Tucupita, earning him a scholarship to study in Europe. He attends the School of Fine Arts of Rome until 1960, after which he travels to Paris and works in Agustín Cárdenas’ studio. In 1973, he is awarded Tokyo’s Shinsakasho Prize and Venezuela’s Salón Arturo Michelena.
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble

"Black Tower" Large-Scale, Abstract Metal Sculpture in bronze
Located in New York, NY
"Black Tower" by Joel Perlman Unique cast bronze, marble base Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his genration, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials. Contemporary, Abstract Outdoor Metal...
Category

2010s Abstract Stone Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

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